More Gap Jeans - but this time they are winners!

I decided to give the Gap jeans another try (see my first review here) since I loved the feel of them.  Plus is was the Gap Give and Get days this weekend.  What luck!  Different sizes were available and they FIT!

First up, the always skinny CROPPED jeans.  For some reason they are not on the Canadian site but you can see them here.

Gap Always Skinny Cropped Jeans size 00 (vintage tint - faded wash)

The back on these fit much better than the pair I tried on last time.  I think the different washes also give different fits.

Details of the buttons at the bottom of the jeans:

I like that I can just flip them up really easily too.

Next the jean leggings - last time they didn't have size 00 in store, but this time it was my lucky day:

Gap Jean Leggings size 00 (dark vintage - faded dark wash)

The fit is MUCH better with the 00 size.

The 00's weren't available in the faded black wash so I ordered them online along with the slim crop pants which were reviewed by PAG here and by PetiteXXS here.  I'm worried they will be TOO tight on me since they are slightly big on these ladies, but I guess we'll see when they arrive.  My other purpose for ordering online was to assess how Gap's new shipping to Canada works out.  I will keep you all posted!

PAG Allison Izu Premium Denim Giveaway

Some exciting news for the petite community!  Petite Asian Girl and Allison Izu are hosting a giveaway!!  AND it's open to Canadian Readers - how exciting is that?  I would love to get the word out on Allison Izu more - perhaps if there is more Canadian interest her products will be more readily available to us (read - lower shipping costs!).






Just click here for more details on how you can enter.

Change room review: Gap Jeans

What's the first thing you do when you get up in the morning?  For me it's usually hit the snooze button a million times then finally roll out of bed and drag my sleepy-eyed self to the bathroom.  But THIS morning I for some reason decided to check my email on my phone and I saw that I was sent an offer from the Gap through Groupon to buy a $50 gift card for $25!!

So instead of my usual morning routine I fired up my computer and promptly bought my coupon.  Thank goodness I did because only a few hours later apparently the Groupon site crashed!  It was totally worth me being late to work this morning :P

I had really, really had my eye on these legging jeans after seeing them on Chloe here.

Unfortunately Gap does not offer petite sizes in Canada, but I thought I would go in and check out the jeans anyway.

Let me just say first off that that Gap denim is soooo super comfortable.  So soft and stretchy I loved them!  But unfortunately fit was another story. (Please excuse the pics - change rooms have such horrible lighting)

Legging Jeans in size 26/2:

I was pretty happy with the fit besides the length as you can kind of see here:

Not really sure how much "bunchiness" is acceptable - but when I turned around I saw this nighmare:

See the bumpiness and sagging?

Not flattering at all!

So I tried a size down 25/0:

But the same thing occurred at the back:

(it's REALLY hard to take a picture of your butt....I was twisting in all sorts of strange ways!)

The back side is saggy and I look flat.  And there is too much material between the waistband and the top of the butt area.

I decided to try on a different style - always skinny jeans in size 0

But the extra material was still there.

So on to a 00:

The butt fit a bit better, but I think they were a bit too tight at the waist and I still didn't think the butt was flattering.

Overall I was disappointed :(  I really wanted to score a pair of skinny jeans as all I have are boot cut and trouser cut.   I may go back and try some other styles on or try out the kids section. 

I assume the rise on the petites version of these jeans would fit better.  Have any of my American friends had any luck?

Date Night!

Tonight we had a date night!  Now, it was no where near as eventful as this this date night but dinner at a restaurant we've never been to before is all it takes to get me excited!

We did a little bit a shopping downtown before hand and walked over to the restaurant in the evening.  I didn't wear anything TOO exciting, but it's a bit more dressed up than my usual weekend outfits!

Jeans:  Banana Republic Trouser Jeans 0P

Top:  Jacob XS

Belt:  Danier

Necklace:  mark by Avon

I just wore flip flops - since we planned on walking around a lot I didn't want to wear heels.

Flip Flops:  Avon size 7

Today was a cloudy/sunny/cloudy day and usually the air conditioning in stores is blasting so I always bring a a cardigan of some sort

Cardigan:  Amber Blue (?)  Found at Winners

And a some pictures of my cute sandals!

We went to Urban Restaurant by the way.  If anyone is visiting Toronto I highly recommend it!

(....how are my pictures by the way?  Haven't installed photoshop yet, but I used picassa....I think they are a bit better, no?)

Wardrobe Dissection: More Jeans: Esprit

I did mention before that I have A LOT of jeans.  I really really do need to get rid of some, so the sevens from this post are currently finding their way to a new home.  Here is the next pair of jeans that I need to decide to keep or donate.

Up first a pair of really casual jeans, probably the lightest blue jeans I have (sorry the pics are really dark!):

Jeans:  Esprit US size 4

Side View:

Back View:

Bit of a gap at the back:

This jeans are REALLY comfortable.  I admit I don't wear them often as some of my other jeans as they are very light so I don't wear them at work.  I got these at an Esprit warehouse sale years ago.  I don't even remember if I had to get these hemmed.  If I did get these hemmed I must have been wearing really high heels at the time as they are slightly too long but I really didn't want to invest more $ in getting such a small amount taken off.  So since they are a bit long I can only wear them will heels.  Which is probably why I don't wear them that often as I'm usually in flats on the weekends.

I'm leaning towards keeping them but I'd love to hear others thoughts about how they fit me.  Since I've had them for so long I'm sure I am biased :P

Wardrobe Dissection: Seven jeans

Tell me I'm not the only one that has a tonne of (ahem - unhemmed) jeans.  Please?

Probably the biggest part of my closet purge will be going through all my jeans.  I don't even know how many I have.  I just know it's a lot.

Here is the first pair:

Seven Jeans from Winners size 25 slim fit, Front View

These feel very tight on; I can see a bit of a "muffin top" in these jeans.  Then again these are my only slim fit jeans and I don't really know how they are supposed to fit.  And yes, I know I have to get them hemmed still, but I've been debating on keeping them or not so I didn't want to spend the money until I was sure.

Side View

Back View

I don't really like how the pockets placed so wide apart.

(wow, I look like I have really broad shoulders in this picture!)

I think I'm leaning towards "give away" on these.  While I don't think they look bad, I'm not sure if I'm willing to give up feeling comfortable in my jeans.

Thoughts?